FindLaw AP News Feedhttp://news.findlaw.comAssociated Press breaking news from around the world, brought to you by FindLaw.com.Fri, 09 Dec 2016 07:22:55 -08:00Bomb blasts kill 10 in northeast Nigeria; Boko Haram blamedhttp://news.findlaw.com/apnews/9d35f01eeeca408fba3cb7466d870e13Fri, 09 Dec 2016 14:28:11 GMTYOLA, Nigeria (AP) — Two explosions ripped through a bustling market in northeast Nigeria's Madagali town Friday morning, killing at least 10 people and wounding 67, a survivor and an official said.http://news.findlaw.com/apnews/9d35f01eeeca408fba3cb7466d870e13South Korean president impeachment tarnishes family legacyhttp://news.findlaw.com/apnews/9e88a7067fdd4ce68baa6d4680c1644dFri, 09 Dec 2016 15:13:40 GMTSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Park Geun-hye could always rely on one unwavering gift throughout a political career that saw a triumphant return as South Korea's first female president to the palatial Blue House where she'd lived as a girl: She enjoyed the reflected devotion, some might say worship, that half the country felt for her late dictator father.http://news.findlaw.com/apnews/9e88a7067fdd4ce68baa6d4680c1644dNew Gambia leader pledges to repeal peaceful protest banhttp://news.findlaw.com/apnews/6f4dcb08e147441dbd51dcdfcacc6b5aFri, 09 Dec 2016 15:12:25 GMTBANJUL, Gambia (AP) — Gambia's president-elect says his administration wants to repeal all laws that criminalize nonviolent protests in the tiny West African country.http://news.findlaw.com/apnews/6f4dcb08e147441dbd51dcdfcacc6b5aUS defense secretary offers assurances to Afghan leadershttp://news.findlaw.com/apnews/5d74671757a542a7b72f00908d49dcd6Fri, 09 Dec 2016 15:13:10 GMTBAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Friday that America will stick with Afghanistan for years to come as a new U.S. president takes over what is already America's longest war.http://news.findlaw.com/apnews/5d74671757a542a7b72f00908d49dcd6The Latest: Russian Sports Ministry denies doping systemhttp://news.findlaw.com/apnews/e81df62d9cad45d5924994884b0c5263Fri, 09 Dec 2016 14:35:45 GMTLONDON (AP) — The Latest on the Russian doping report (all times local):http://news.findlaw.com/apnews/e81df62d9cad45d5924994884b0c5263Investigative journalist Phillip Knightley dies at 87http://news.findlaw.com/apnews/0270a4dd33ec489bb35a6f517a58ac77Fri, 09 Dec 2016 14:24:54 GMTLONDON (AP) — A fascination with spies and scandals, combined with deep patience and persistence, made Phillip Knightley a legend among investigative journalists.http://news.findlaw.com/apnews/0270a4dd33ec489bb35a6f517a58ac77Judge to hold hearing on stopping Wisconsin recounthttp://news.findlaw.com/apnews/1c234fdafbff47129092ddee1da7e354Fri, 09 Dec 2016 14:59:37 GMTMADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal judge will on Friday consider halting Wisconsin's presidential recount.http://news.findlaw.com/apnews/1c234fdafbff47129092ddee1da7e354The Latest: Museum in Glenn's hometown opens to publichttp://news.findlaw.com/apnews/6f77b6653ea449699cd58e710f9884f5Fri, 09 Dec 2016 14:57:26 GMTCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Latest on the death of John Glenn (all times local):http://news.findlaw.com/apnews/6f77b6653ea449699cd58e710f9884f5Japan doubles cost estimate for Fukushima cleanuphttp://news.findlaw.com/apnews/78a3ac4446a64eeaa45cb33ebc1b0401Fri, 09 Dec 2016 14:56:44 GMTTOKYO (AP) — The estimated cost of cleaning up Japan's wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant has doubled to nearly 22 trillion yen ($190 billion), with decommissioning expenses expected to continue to increase, a government panel said Friday.http://news.findlaw.com/apnews/78a3ac4446a64eeaa45cb33ebc1b0401Trump mobilizing Louisiana Republicans in final Senate racehttp://news.findlaw.com/apnews/2d43920c2ceb456fbbadc89f64ae05dcFri, 09 Dec 2016 14:33:58 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Tending to party politics, President-elect Donald Trump is rallying supporters in Louisiana on Friday ahead of the state's Senate runoff election, aiming to pad the Republican majority he will inherit.http://news.findlaw.com/apnews/2d43920c2ceb456fbbadc89f64ae05dcNew exhibition explores legacy of black fashion designershttp://news.findlaw.com/apnews/d09e3b9f310148f196e4ddc8d81459a9Fri, 09 Dec 2016 14:26:55 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — As a girl, Tracy Reese thought she might be an architect. Then she caught the fashion bug.http://news.findlaw.com/apnews/d09e3b9f310148f196e4ddc8d81459a9In Denmark, Apple loses court case over refurbished phonehttp://news.findlaw.com/apnews/37a20fecd72a4b7b855aceeff6234f2dFri, 09 Dec 2016 14:15:53 GMTCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Apple Inc. has violated a consumer law in Denmark by giving a customer a refurbished iPhone with used components in replacement for his new one that wasn't working properly, a Danish court ruled.http://news.findlaw.com/apnews/37a20fecd72a4b7b855aceeff6234f2dAlabama inmate coughs, heaves, during execution by injectionhttp://news.findlaw.com/apnews/89bd4f4cb440477bb91230fd027a07b4Fri, 09 Dec 2016 15:00:19 GMTATMORE, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama inmate coughed repeatedly and his upper body heaved for at least 13 minutes during an execution using a drug that has previously been used in problematic lethal injections in at least three other states.http://news.findlaw.com/apnews/89bd4f4cb440477bb91230fd027a07b4Bomb blasts kill 30 in northeast Nigeria; Boko Haram blamedhttp://news.findlaw.com/apnews/638da67b09534b3baa65ccf0beb97af9Fri, 09 Dec 2016 15:06:40 GMTYOLA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's army says two women suicide bombers blew themselves up at a market in northeast Nigeria's Madagali town, killing at least 30 people and wounding 67.http://news.findlaw.com/apnews/638da67b09534b3baa65ccf0beb97af9The Latest: Ex-US House speaker Boehner adds Glenn tributehttp://news.findlaw.com/apnews/07acc3cc0ac84f50be63b099ba5422bfFri, 09 Dec 2016 14:22:17 GMTCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Latest on the death of John Glenn (all times local):http://news.findlaw.com/apnews/07acc3cc0ac84f50be63b099ba5422bfSyrian civilians leave crumbling rebel enclave in Aleppohttp://news.findlaw.com/apnews/6cd4b926eef745a2892169f8a6b12416Fri, 09 Dec 2016 15:19:04 GMTBEIRUT (AP) — Hundreds of Syrian civilians streamed out on foot from the eastern part of the city of Aleppo on Friday in the wake of the relentless campaign by government troops and their allies to drive rebels from their rapidly crumbling enclave.http://news.findlaw.com/apnews/6cd4b926eef745a2892169f8a6b12416US wholesalers cut stockpiles, clearing way for new ordershttp://news.findlaw.com/apnews/513274104310464e87886140d6589a99Fri, 09 Dec 2016 15:00:13 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. wholesale businesses cut back their stockpiles while sales rose in October. That's a trend that could boost demand for factory goods in the months ahead.http://news.findlaw.com/apnews/513274104310464e87886140d6589a99Japan launches much-needed supplies to space stationhttp://news.findlaw.com/apnews/fd0a61003b8e4d82a981ab5fc1c8c18fFri, 09 Dec 2016 15:07:19 GMTCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A Japanese capsule blasted off with much-needed supplies for the International Space Station on Friday, a week after a Russian shipment was destroyed shortly after liftoff.http://news.findlaw.com/apnews/fd0a61003b8e4d82a981ab5fc1c8c18fJohannah Deakin, mother of 1D's Louis Tomlinson, dies at 43http://news.findlaw.com/apnews/60315ee200544749857bdec0c7f48df6Fri, 09 Dec 2016 15:05:27 GMTLONDON (AP) — The mother of One Direction star Louis Tomlinson has died of leukemia at age 43.http://news.findlaw.com/apnews/60315ee200544749857bdec0c7f48df6What's Bundespraesidentenstichwahlwiederholungsverschiebung?http://news.findlaw.com/apnews/be386a3fc8744f369a4336f1ed439fb8Fri, 09 Dec 2016 14:10:55 GMTVIENNA (AP) — For all those who don't speak German — and indeed for those who do — here is Austria's word of the year, adding to the challenges of reading and speaking the language.http://news.findlaw.com/apnews/be386a3fc8744f369a4336f1ed439fb8Celebrate closer EU union? Not with all that divisionhttp://news.findlaw.com/apnews/6a1b484052e94ab992ddae6eb4440bd1Fri, 09 Dec 2016 14:17:44 GMTMAASTRICHT, Netherlands (AP) — Instead of celebrating the 25th anniversary of the summit that reinforced the goal of an ever-closer union, the European Union's Commission chief lambasted some member states that refuse to apply common rules and said the bloc needs to rethink a looser relationship for those not fully committed.http://news.findlaw.com/apnews/6a1b484052e94ab992ddae6eb4440bd1Military: Twin bomb blasts blamed on Boko Haram kill 30 in northeast Nigerian markethttp://news.findlaw.com/apnews/6b16e11dfb324d6d9f966a88f09a07f3Fri, 09 Dec 2016 14:55:32 GMTYOLA, Nigeria (AP) — Military: Twin bomb blasts blamed on Boko Haram kill 30 in northeast Nigerian market.http://news.findlaw.com/apnews/6b16e11dfb324d6d9f966a88f09a07f3Health stocks rebound as US indexes keep setting recordshttp://news.findlaw.com/apnews/dd94590e2c7e4edcb225270c015957aeFri, 09 Dec 2016 15:06:52 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are opening higher Friday morning as major indexes continue to set records. Technology companies are rising on company earnings. Health care and household goods companies also trading higher after lagging the market over the last few weeks.http://news.findlaw.com/apnews/dd94590e2c7e4edcb225270c015957aeCourt orders Swiss prosecutors to open VW criminal probehttp://news.findlaw.com/apnews/fea67ee644b24473ac44822abbbede37Fri, 09 Dec 2016 15:07:44 GMTBERLIN (AP) — Swiss prosecutors say they have seized documents at a large Volkswagen dealer after a court ordered them to open a criminal investigation.http://news.findlaw.com/apnews/fea67ee644b24473ac44822abbbede37Markets Right Now: US indexes open higher, remain a recordshttp://news.findlaw.com/apnews/4c748c14c93f4b10aea445aa72ffd59dFri, 09 Dec 2016 14:40:52 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local):http://news.findlaw.com/apnews/4c748c14c93f4b10aea445aa72ffd59dWhen neo-Nazis have doubts, there's a number to callhttp://news.findlaw.com/apnews/2bd31824046f46f880660d27d9380c01Fri, 09 Dec 2016 14:18:24 GMTSCHLEIFE, Germany (AP) — Felix Benneckenstein was a rising star on Germany's far-right scene, a young songwriter whose rousing guitar anthems made white nationalism sound romantic and rebellious.http://news.findlaw.com/apnews/2bd31824046f46f880660d27d9380c01Texas county says 'abysmal mismanagement' led to prison riothttp://news.findlaw.com/apnews/af2a2ac150544f2798a7956e42e9b879Fri, 09 Dec 2016 14:51:47 GMTRAYMONDVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas county says "abysmal mismanagement" led to a 2015 prison riot that destroyed much of the facility.http://news.findlaw.com/apnews/af2a2ac150544f2798a7956e42e9b879Coca-Cola CEO Muhtar Kent to step down next yearhttp://news.findlaw.com/apnews/5cf89fd27c3a4fd2a6ff928eb5d33d61Fri, 09 Dec 2016 15:17:40 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Coca-Cola said Friday that CEO Muhtar Kent will step down as CEO next year and be replaced by Chief Operating Officer James Quincey.http://news.findlaw.com/apnews/5cf89fd27c3a4fd2a6ff928eb5d33d61NFL to play 4 regular-season games in London next yearhttp://news.findlaw.com/apnews/2ed43d20edec43cfac4cdd3d974afb4dFri, 09 Dec 2016 14:51:41 GMTLONDON (AP) — The NFL will stage four regular-season games in London next year.http://news.findlaw.com/apnews/2ed43d20edec43cfac4cdd3d974afb4dThe Latest: 2 Michigan court members won't consider recounthttp://news.findlaw.com/apnews/d7998d66f79a44f282c6d16f11135e5aFri, 09 Dec 2016 14:50:46 GMTDETROIT (AP) — The Latest on efforts for recounts of the presidential race in Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania (all times local):http://news.findlaw.com/apnews/d7998d66f79a44f282c6d16f11135e5aSpain to send more soldiers to help Iraq forces combat IShttp://news.findlaw.com/apnews/b9bc319b795e46039bcb2d2d09c9f288Fri, 09 Dec 2016 14:28:01 GMTMADRID (AP) — Spain says it plans to send an additional 150 soldiers and police to Iraq to help train Iraqi security forces combatting the Islamic State group.http://news.findlaw.com/apnews/b9bc319b795e46039bcb2d2d09c9f288'Secret Santa' pays off meal accounts at Pennsylvania schoolhttp://news.findlaw.com/apnews/8b373f5148b949b89bdbd92f5031863eFri, 09 Dec 2016 14:05:53 GMTHERMINIE, Pa. (AP) — A secret Santa has paid off the outstanding meal accounts for students at a western Pennsylvania elementary school.http://news.findlaw.com/apnews/8b373f5148b949b89bdbd92f5031863eDiplomats call for aid access to troubled Myanmar statehttp://news.findlaw.com/apnews/841641155ace40a295a75121ca805c83Fri, 09 Dec 2016 14:50:19 GMTYANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Foreign diplomatic missions in Myanmar urged its government on Friday to allow "full and unfettered" humanitarian access to troubled Rakhine state, where operations by aid agencies have been curtailed while the army carries out counterinsurgency operations.http://news.findlaw.com/apnews/841641155ace40a295a75121ca805c83Hollywood legend Kirk Douglas turns 100http://news.findlaw.com/apnews/df16824fd0ed47d8a0a0eca761ba44cbFri, 09 Dec 2016 15:16:10 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — Kirk Douglas is officially a centenarian.http://news.findlaw.com/apnews/df16824fd0ed47d8a0a0eca761ba44cbEU chief: 1 type of European chopper, tank to stop wastehttp://news.findlaw.com/apnews/776a4faa5e1c47a0893c53d0d07bd205Fri, 09 Dec 2016 14:45:35 GMTMAASTRICHT, Netherlands (AP) — The chief of the European Union's executive branch wants to streamline defense industries in member states to make them more efficient and less dependent on U.S. military protection.http://news.findlaw.com/apnews/776a4faa5e1c47a0893c53d0d07bd205Shares in troubled Italian bank plunge amid bailout fearshttp://news.findlaw.com/apnews/fd84858b5a204cee919595fe4914e264Fri, 09 Dec 2016 14:59:54 GMTFRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Shares in troubled Italian bank Monte dei Paschi di Siena have plunged after news reports that the bank's request for more time to raise new capital from investors has been rejected by regulators.http://news.findlaw.com/apnews/fd84858b5a204cee919595fe4914e264Snow, freezing rain hits usually misty Portland, Oregonhttp://news.findlaw.com/apnews/7f4f4ee155224a35bd1ea6757a0c9a4fFri, 09 Dec 2016 15:08:10 GMTPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A wintry mix of snow, ice and rain showered fear and excitement Thursday in Portland — a city that typically lives under a cloud of mist and drizzle — and other parts of Oregon.http://news.findlaw.com/apnews/7f4f4ee155224a35bd1ea6757a0c9a4fParis pollution: Medics on alert, outdoor sports not advisedhttp://news.findlaw.com/apnews/7616f129396149f0a4a2363c48dc2941Fri, 09 Dec 2016 14:31:00 GMTPARIS (AP) — With more and more asthmatic children needing hospital treatment in Paris amid an exceptional bout of pollution, France's government is putting medics on alert and warning residents to limit outdoor activity over the weekend.http://news.findlaw.com/apnews/7616f129396149f0a4a2363c48dc2941Ohio interstate reopens 14 hours after 50-vehicle pileuphttp://news.findlaw.com/apnews/d1a31eadec534ee58b5cdbb065f476deFri, 09 Dec 2016 15:01:41 GMTPAINESVILLE, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say an interstate east of Cleveland has reopened after a pileup of about 50 vehicles in snowy conditions shut down the highway for more than 14 hours.http://news.findlaw.com/apnews/d1a31eadec534ee58b5cdbb065f476deChocolate bar made in Serbia triggers trouble in Croatiahttp://news.findlaw.com/apnews/892de5000276427db310bcc0ce57ff33Fri, 09 Dec 2016 14:49:31 GMTBELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Even a small bar of chocolate can trigger a big row in the Balkans.http://news.findlaw.com/apnews/892de5000276427db310bcc0ce57ff33Poland's PM, businessmen hold talks in Albaniahttp://news.findlaw.com/apnews/8a1dd46c5deb46d6a0b3cb212615e693Fri, 09 Dec 2016 15:07:15 GMTTIRANA, Albania (AP) — Poland's prime minister has urged the European Union to move faster to start membership talks with Albania, saying the country is an "important element for security and stability in Europe and the region."http://news.findlaw.com/apnews/8a1dd46c5deb46d6a0b3cb212615e693Hungarian leader defends central Europe from criticshttp://news.findlaw.com/apnews/ecb2fbeb07b045319235b2e64b3b96dcFri, 09 Dec 2016 14:07:00 GMTWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban says critics should not spoil the growth and stability that Central Europe is building through cooperation.http://news.findlaw.com/apnews/ecb2fbeb07b045319235b2e64b3b96dcMegan Mullally hints at possible 'Will & Grace' revivalhttp://news.findlaw.com/apnews/9b797c027db64101b80eb162fca5eff0Fri, 09 Dec 2016 15:05:20 GMTA one-off election edition episode of "Will & Grace" may have sparked interest in a revival of the NBC series.http://news.findlaw.com/apnews/9b797c027db64101b80eb162fca5eff0Turkey went 'too far' in coup response: legal expertshttp://news.findlaw.com/apnews/a0e3d07219d04ff0a8c21f5cfb75fd27Fri, 09 Dec 2016 14:54:04 GMTISTANBUL (AP) — Council of Europe experts say Turkey went "too far" with emergency measures adopted following a failed July 15 coup attempt.http://news.findlaw.com/apnews/a0e3d07219d04ff0a8c21f5cfb75fd27Lessons of hotel fire echo after Oakland warehouse disasterhttp://news.findlaw.com/apnews/7ac674afb4c84e8da95369ddb7b0928aFri, 09 Dec 2016 14:50:29 GMTATLANTA (AP) — The cries of trapped hotel guests screaming in agony are still seared into Richard Hamil's memory, seven decades after the Winecoff Hotel fire in Atlanta.http://news.findlaw.com/apnews/7ac674afb4c84e8da95369ddb7b0928aDutch government to discuss US border checks in Amsterdamhttp://news.findlaw.com/apnews/51176aa9feda484f8e0cd6f23e9cbdafFri, 09 Dec 2016 14:43:07 GMTAMSTERDAM (AP) — The Dutch government says it is going to open negotiations with U.S. authorities about the possibility of carrying out American border and customs checks at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport to save time for passengers flying to the United States.http://news.findlaw.com/apnews/51176aa9feda484f8e0cd6f23e9cbdafAnd down the stretch they come in NFL seasonhttp://news.findlaw.com/apnews/4fd748f2d5514d3a8fc84f846130ac69Fri, 09 Dec 2016 14:42:37 GMTAnd down the stretch they come.http://news.findlaw.com/apnews/4fd748f2d5514d3a8fc84f846130ac69British journalist says detained in Kenya without chargehttp://news.findlaw.com/apnews/0e29f7bebd334ea7b075de5e322f95cfFri, 09 Dec 2016 15:02:41 GMTNAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A British journalist for The Times of London newspaper says he is being detained at a Nairobi airport without explanation or charge after entering Kenya.http://news.findlaw.com/apnews/0e29f7bebd334ea7b075de5e322f95cfDonald Trump remains producer on 'New Celebrity Apprentice'http://news.findlaw.com/apnews/3e75edc6dd324cbc9f2920529de31f91Fri, 09 Dec 2016 15:05:39 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — Donald Trump is gone from the boardroom of NBC's reboot of "Celebrity Apprentice" but he's kept a business connection to the reality show.http://news.findlaw.com/apnews/3e75edc6dd324cbc9f2920529de31f91The Latest: Russians expect to be compete at 2018 Olympicshttp://news.findlaw.com/apnews/4945ab273ac64e0881719a167e98ccdbFri, 09 Dec 2016 14:09:29 GMTLONDON (AP) — The Latest on the Russian doping report (all times local):http://news.findlaw.com/apnews/4945ab273ac64e0881719a167e98ccdb